Endhaven Summer Fun For Future Second Graders! Literacy Find five advertisements for school items in the newspaper. Which is your favorite ad? Why? (Complete at least 15 activities and turn in at the start of the school year for a prize.) Sign up for the summer reading program with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library at http://www.cmlibrary.org/s ummerread and/or sign up for the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge at http://www.scholastic.com/ ups/campaigns/src-2015. Visit the Library! Read a fairy tale. Write about your favorite part. Tell why you liked it best. Create a poster about one of your friends. Include a picture and words that give information about your friend. Make a list of 10 things you would like your teacher to know about you. Write 10 questions you would like to ask your new teacher Play any online activity or app from the middle. Don’t forget to record it in your summer journal! Write down all the names of the people in your family. Which name has the most vowels? Which has the least? If you could fly, where would you go? Write a story about your trip. Literacy Websites:  http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html#yc  http://www.professorgarfield.org/ReadingRing/Stri Read a poem, then write a poem about a summer activityit doesn’t have to rhyme! Make a postcard. Draw the setting from a book on the front and a message to a friend on the back. ps/strips.html Make a book of your own, use any idea from: http://www.makin gbooks.com/free projects.shtml Play any online activity or app from the middle. Don’t forget to record it in your summer journal! Read a nonfiction book. Write 3 sentences about what you learned from that book.  http://pbskids.org/lions/games/  http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/effectivedetective/  http://www.bookadventure.com/home.aspx Literacy Apps: Raz-Kids Sight Word List Draw a big summer tree. Write 3 sentences about your tree. Toontastic Draw a new cover for a book you read this summer. Include the title, author, and a sentence about the book. Reading Rainbow Write a letter to your favorite author. Tell him/her what you like about their book(s). Write as many words as you can with the letters in “I like reading.” Read a book in a quiet spot for 30 minutes. What was your favorite part?